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Georgeous blue eyed Michelle getting some sugar from Chloe; her mom went home to take a shower and never came back, so everyone is Chloe's mom, but she's so irresistable that you can just sop her up with a bisquit.

Can Megan BE any cuter?

Mental note to sneak off to Harah's on Monday after everyone leaves since I took that day off to recoup.

Texas Babs is much prettier in person - I'll get a Princess Pose out of her today and post it later.

I'm sitting here, home all alone, wearing a tank top and red lace thong panties (they're so little they really only qualify for one panty) and crying from laughing so hard. I'm so selfish that I'm taking over YOUR pity party! Zoe, you're killing me! I was wearing your Moo-Moo earlier (I guess I got the clothes) without any panties. Is that dirty? But the clothes are great and they've been added to the exchange pile, which reminds me to go take a pic of that pile!

Hey, I warned Penni not to get me a tiara, the least she coulda done is told me it was on crooked. What will my people think???

Getting a smooch from Vera xoxox

Mr. & Mrs. Theresa (I just had to kiss his cute cheek, sorry T.) Gosh, she's just a lil' darlin' too! And that's Ginny K in the background. I was hanging all over Texas Babs last night (we got a thing going on) but someone else must have those pics... I'll get some good ones today. Yesterday I was exhausted, but I got a good night sleep and I'm ready to party! Gotta run to the store for last minute stuff. Vera should be here in a couple hours to make her Enchiladas. My girls pulled through and brought more fresh hommade tamales than I can count. We'll keep you updated! WE ALL MISS YOU GUYS & WISH YOU WERE HERE.

Michelle, Vera & Lisa - Bonded Bandsters : )

Karen has lost, oh, like NINETY pounds! Ginny's on the back on the left, and Carol & Leatha on the right (is Leatha trying to give me the finger?)

Is Karen: 1. Getting the waiter's attention; 2. Doing the Macarena; 3. Bonking Lisa.

Carol & Leatha (makes my heart smile posting these darling people)

Donali and her John - same obnoxious remark, both very nice John's though!

Pretty Penni & her John (Hmmm, where's LuLu's pimp?)

Beautiful Vegas Vika (Vegas Bandster)

Last table shot...

And another...

Another table shot...

Oh my gosh, I just read today's horoscope, you gotta read this: "You're about to take center stage with regard to your friends -- mostly because they want you there. Hey -- it's your natural place now. Smile pretty, and be tolerant of the media. " So, maybe Oprah WILL show up (totally cracking up here!.) YES, those were the empties, and for the record, while I haven't officially had one of Carol's frozen marguritas, I did try one, and this woman know's what she's doing! Last night was fun - there were some glitches at Howard Johnson's, so a few girls went to the Excaliber and others to The Westin, so we've got bandsters everywhere! Everyone showed up safe, and we had a great time at dinner. But we were all so exhausted, that some of us walked across the street to Terrible's Casino and played for about an hour. No major jackpots - yet! I'm up early, special for you guys so you can join our fun. Here's some pictures of the table at Buca di Bepo last night. I'll post names as the pics continue. And there will be tons & tons more pictures cause I saw at least 4 other cameras last night. Here's our table - on the Left: Carol, Leatha, John & Penni, my Chris & Donali's John way way in the back. On the right: Vera, Michelle, Ginny, Karen, Lisa & Donali.

Yes, these were the empties after Carol made her buckets of Margueritas - I probably drank an entire bucket, too!

Carol buying all the Tequila at Vons.

Vera, not quite sure if we have enough Tequila on the conveyer belt.

Penni, DON'T BE LATE! It's 10:14 p.m., and I see JohnEmpire is on line. Tell him to get his butt in bed... and what the heck are you doing up so late? I KNOW you'll read this before you leave, so get to bed and get to Vegas already!

Unfortunately, I have the list that Leatha is referring to. It shows a couple local doctors in Las Vegas, but only one that is willing to do fills on Vegas patients. But he won't even touch an infected port or any other band related problem. So no, there's not even one doctor in Las Vegas that I can go to for my port problem. I was able to shower immediately after surgery, although I didn't fell well enough for two days, but I had liquid stitches. My port incision was the only one that bothered me after surgery, and it was red from the time I first noticed it. Five days later, it was pink and warm, so I called my surgeon. They told me "that's normal." Five days later, it was warmer and redder, and the doctor said, "leave it alone, let it heal." Then one night it sprung a leak and scared the hell out of me - it was clear Fluid, but my doctor's 24-hour emergency number gave me nothing but voice messages. I was horrified (thought I was dying, naturally) so I came here and learned that my wound was "weeping." I kept calling Mexico, and finally got a doctor on the phone - but he wasn't my doctor, just one nice enough to explain that "weeping" was normal in some case. However, the wound continued to weep and was red, swollen, hot, etc. After a month of this (while nobody at my doctor's office would acknowledge my problem) my veterinarian said I needed to get to a doctor right away to have the infection lanced. Kitty had an appointment, so I showed it to the vet. So I ran to Urgent Care, where they immediately lanced the incision and drained a bucket of infected liquid, then packed my wound. But 3 days later, the tube started popping out, so off to Mexico I went, where I found a second doctor who removed the port. But before I went, I got 3 different opinions, and all 3 surgeons agreed that if the infection was bad, the port needed to come out. I had to pay for travel, hotel, and about $1000 out of my pocket for the removal. If my doctor paid attention to me from the beginning, he could have written a prescription for more antibiotics. The moral of this story is never, ever give up. Keep calling, deman attention. If you think something is wrong, don't be afraid to speak up. I should have gone back to Mexico and sat in my doctors office till he showed up. So, going to Mexico is a gamble, but it was one worth taking (for me.) I'm sitting here looking at my disgusting, leaking incision almost 4 months old, yet I'd do it again tomorrow. It's worth the 55 pound loss. To me, anyway. And yes, I'll have to pay for the 3rd surgery, which will be about $2000.00 plus traveling expenses... choke, like I have any money left? But that's just a dream, since I can't get a new port till I'm healed, and I don't think that's gonna be anywhere in the near future.

Damn, I can't even get my house cleaned or the dog poop picked up, yet Penni has time to buy presents for 20 people?